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0	You Probably Don't Want This Awesome Floating Maglev Bed If You're Covered in Piercings [Magnets] If you've got $1,000 burning a hole in your pocket, some power tools, and a free weekend at your disposal, you too can build this fantastic floating bed. It's just too bad it's really only strong enough to... 0 Published 1 day ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Real-Life Tony Stark Turns His Broken Down Car Into a Motorcycle To Escape the Desert [Hacks] He might not have Tony Stark's vast wealth, but Emile Leray seems like he's just as skilled a mechanic as Stark was when the chips are down. After his Citroen 2CV broke down in the desert, he spent twelve ... 0 Published 2 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Build An Old-Fashioned Nixie Tube Desk Clock, Just Like Grandpa Did [Clocks] If you've got decent soldering skills, a soft spot for dated 1950s technology, and $150 burning a hole in your pocket, this DIY Nixie desk clock kit will let you experience what gadget lust was like for yo... 0 Published 14 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	An Ultra-Tiny Synth Designed To Look Like Something Called a Mixtape [Video] According to Wikipedia, at one time mankind used reels of thin flexible tape contained in plastic casings to store and share music. And that's where the creators of the adorably tiny Mixtape Alpha 8-bit sy... 0 Published 44 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Where Were You 20 Years Ago Wireless-Super-Nintendo-Controller-Mod? [Gaming] Before the advent of wireless controllers video game consoles were built like tanks to survive the countless times they'd be inevitably yanked to the ground when someone tripped over a cable. If only the w... 0 Published 47 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Robot Chess Boards Let You Physically Checkmate an Online Opponent [Video] Mobile apps let you play chess with someone anywhere on Earth, but these robot chess boards remotely connect two players over the internet. So while you still can't stare down your opponent, you still hav... 0 Published 50 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	How To Make an External Mac Book Battery Pack for $60 [Video] If you use a Mac Book and are out on the road a lot, chances are the battery doesn't last quite as long as you'd like. One solution is a commercially available battery pack, but they're not cheap. So how ... 0 Published 52 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The World Gets One Step Closer To a Working Tricorder [Hacks] Even with smartphones chock full of hundreds of useful apps, the geeks of the world will never be satisfied until the handheld tricorders from Star Trek are made a reality. And thanks to Dr. Peter Jansen, ... 0 Published 57 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Squirrel-Tracking Water Cannon Is a Triumph Of the Nerds [Video] Despite their adorably puffy tails, squirrels are a genuine nuisance. So it warms our hearts to see the nerds of the world banding together to battle these furry invaders with what they do best: engineeri... 0 Published 59 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Turn a Couple Of Old Turntables Into a Mesmerizing Spirograph Machine [Video] If you despise the monotonous and repetitive motions needed to produce beautiful designs on a Spirograph, just do what student Robert Howsare did. For just $50 he turned a couple of old turntables into th... 0 Published 62 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The Ultimate Speaker for Headphone-Free Music at Work [Video] Parametric speakers aren't exactly new, but this Kickstarter idea is tiny and practical. The Soundlazer delivers a focused beam of audio in a single direction. Theoretically, you could point it at yoursel... 0 Published 64 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Autonomous Robot Luggage Probably Isn't Airport Security-Approved [Video] Ben Heck makes it easier to traverse those long airport corridors with this autonomous luggage that follows behind you like a small toddler. Leaving your hands free for holding travel documents, food, or ... 0 Published 66 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	SodaMod: Save Money On SodaStream Refills With a Hacked Paintball Canister [Video] One of the main reasons people love the SodaStream is that you save money by making your own sparkling water. Supposedly. Unfortunately, replacing those CO2 canisters is expensive. This clever hack will h... 0 Published 70 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Use a Water Drop As a Simple iPhone Macro Lens [Photography] Over on Scientific American, photographer Alexander Wild has a great tip for taking macro shots with your iPhone. Instead of buying a special case or a clip-on lens accessory, just place a drop of water ov... 0 Published 74 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	How To Trash That Annoying Avatar on Google's New Home Page [Google+] Google is releasing a new feature on its home page—a Share button with your Google Profile avatar next to it. I find it distracting. But you can at least make it less garish, if not disappear. Mor... 0 Published 81 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	How To Take Extreme Close-Ups of a Gorilla Using Only Your Phone's Camera [Video] Have you ever taken pictures at the zoo? It's an exercise in futility. Your puny camera strains to see far-away beasts with their backs turned. Lame. But what if you could get them to come right up to you... 0 Published 100 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	3 Ways to Chill Your Superbowl Beer FAST [Happy Hour] It's game time. You're hosting, which makes you the quarterback of the party. Your friend blitzes you with a six-pack of warm beer. Don't let this blitz get in the way of getting blitzed. Here are two trie... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Here's a Weirdo Facebook Bug to Waste Your Friday With [Facebook] There's a strange bug on Facebook where if you post @[xxx:0] in a comment (with the XXX being three random numbers), when you hit enter a random name will appear. For example: @[345:0] = Karina Scalise. We... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Whited00r Looks Like iOS5 But Runs on Apple Legacy Hardware [Video] Just because that old iPod Touch of yours is already obsolete doesn't mean it's automatically useless—it just needs some sprucing up. Whited00r 5.1 brings iOS 5 looks—and some of its functiona... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The Ultimate Annoying Email Deflector Shield [Email] Marketers. Exes. Bosses who somehow got ahold of your personal email address. Sure, you could make a filter or click 'report spam' (as if that actually does anything...), but wouldn't it be better if they ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Watch a Hacked Apple TV Run iOS Apps Full Screen [Video] A new hack by iOS app developer and Apple TV tinkerer Steve Troughton-Smith allows you to run iOS apps using a big screen on a jailbroken Apple TV. More » 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	I Am Not Brave Enough To Stick This LED Contact Lens in My Eye [Video] While YouTuber bkraz333 claims this contact lens with an embedded LED he made was an attempt to add a rudimentary VR display to his eye, I think I know the real inspiration behind it—Terminator cosp... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Siri Plays the Piano Better than She Gives Directions [Video] Siri has been something if a disappointment so far—more flash than substance—but this particular trick is a mighty impressive novelty. A neat new hack lets Siri play music on a Yamaha Disklavi... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	How to Make an Office Dartboard That Won't Destroy the Walls [Video] Darts are awesome, but they're tricky to set up at work. Real darts aren't super safe and leave walls full of holes, and safety darts suck hard. Mark Rober has got a solution that's simple, elegant, and a... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Warning! Don't Install Full Siri On Your iPhone 4 [Apple] I personally don't give a damn about this gimmicky piece of software, but if you have a jailbroken iPhone 4 now you can add full Siri functionality using a Cydia program called H1Siri. Unfortunately, there... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Microsoft Wants To Turn Crazy-Ass Kinect Hacks Into Businesses [Kinect] Since its launch, the Kinect has been hacked in hundreds of amazing and crazy ways. Now, Microsoft is planning to embrace that by helping Kinect-based start-ups realize their potential. More »... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Your Phone Can Mix You the Perfect Cocktail [Video] Remember Isaac from the Love Boat? Well, Ted Lange couldn't fit in your pocket. iZac, the Android Bartender, can. Or at least his brains can. Nick Johnson has an ingenius system to get your Droid to mix ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The Ingenuity of Thailand During Their Massive Flood Is Very Impressive [DIY] I don't want to make light of a tragedy because the floods in Thailand have been worse than imaginable. The flooding has killed over 500 people, caused $5 billion in damage and has been ongoing since mid-... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Can You Boost Spotty Wi-Fi Signals With a Baking Pan? [Wi-Fi] A Wi-Fi network's range is limited by the transmission power, antenna type, and environmental obstacles (i.e. trees). So, if you're out in the boonies where the signal is spotty, you may be SOL. Unless, o... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	How to Secure Your Beer Stash Against Freeloading Friends [Booze] Every circle of friends has one—the guy who's only willing to chip in "a couple of bucks" for the night's keg but double fists his brews the entire evening. Well, no longer! This suds security syste... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Jailbroken iPhone 4 and iPod Touch Run Limited Siri [Iphone 4s] A hacker group has successfully ported Siri over to jailbroken iPhone 4's and 4th-gen iPod touches, marking the beginning of what could be a "whack a mole" response from Apple as it attempts to block the ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	How to Break Into a Computer (And Prevent It from Happening to You) [Security] Sometimes you need to get into a computer without knowing the password. Perhaps you've forgotten yours, or perhaps you're up to no good. Either way, it's actually pretty easy to do, provided your victim h... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The Many Insane Flavors of Improvised Prison Weapons [Video] Heading to the place where a prison's homicide evidence is kept, you might expect to see a few sharpened objects—maybe a bludgeon or two. You would be underprepared. More » ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Technology in America's Most Notorious Prison [Video] Do prison inmates surf the Internet? Do they have gadgets? Do they make gadgets? Do they make weapons? Where do they get their porn and booze? More » 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	4WD Imperial Crawler Hack Makes the AT-AT Even More "Off-Roadier" [Star Wars] Called the Imperial Crawler by designer Christopher Aleria, this interesting take on the AT-AT would have surely been immune to Luke's harpoon technique. More » ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Singing Busts Arduino Project Brings All the Campiness of Disney to Your Front Door [Video] Disney's Haunted Mansion is one of those corny staples you just have to hit when you visit the Magic Kingdom. But Disney World is far for some. Why not bring parts of the experience home for Halloween? ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Shooting Challenge: Homemade Filters [Shooting Challenge] Two weeks ago, I had you use cheesy digital photo filters on your photography. This week, we're bringing filters back to the analog realm. More » 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Facebook Cookie Tracks Users Even When They're Logged Out [Facebook] It's no secret that Facebook and privacy have had some issues. Take today, for example. Thanks to a modified cookie, Facebook knows where you are online—even when you're not logged into Facebook. ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Lobby-Sized Nintendo Game & Watch While You Wait [Hacks] You know what that wall needs, Darryl? A giant, playable Game & Watch based on Arduino. More » 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	How Did Scarlett Johansson's Phone Get Hacked? [Giz Explains] When naked pictures of Scarlett Johansson hit the internet, take notice—but not for that reason. More » 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Shoebox-Encased Mario Arduino Game More Fun Than Anything Nintendo's Done In 12 Months [Video] Poor, fledgling Nintendo. When tinkerers are creating better gaming experiences than you are using nothing but a shoebox, paper cut-outs, some magnets and an Arduino, you know things aren't going well. ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Hackers Used Google to Steal Social Security Numbers from 43,000 Yalies [Hacking] Hackers accessed personal information from 43,000 faculty, staff, students and alumni of Yale University all through Google. It's called dorking. Specifically, Google dorking. And it's scary easy what yo... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Sunday Project: Wine Bottle-Sized Subatomic Particle Accelerator [Video] Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) televisions may be more than on their way to chill with the dodo bird in the land of extinction, but that doesn't mean the DIY sect amongst us can't enjoy its reto goodness anyway. ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	How to Shut Up the Celebrities You Hate on TV [Video] Michele Bachmann. Sarah Palin. Justin Bieber. Donal Trump. Twilight. Two and a Half Men. What do all these things have in common? They annoy the soul out of me, yet they're always on TV. Thankfully, we c... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Hacking Your Pressure Cooker for Fun and Culinary Profit [How To] Fact: pressure cookers pump out optimal foods at 15psi, says the French Culinary Institute's Dave Arnold. Problem: most home pressure cookers max out well below that. Solution: Hack that little punk into submission, then feast on the reward... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	This Delightful USB Desk Bell Could Result In Violence [DIY] Get me this DIY USB Desk Bell for my desk immediately! I plan to place it on said desk and use it to command an army of interns to do my bidding and/or a Pavlov's Dog activity involving coffee. More&nb... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	MacBook Batteries Are Totally Hackable. Wait, What? [Hackers] One security researcher discovered the password protecting the microcontroller in MacBook batteries is not unique for every notebook and is easily hackable. It could brick your battery, or worse, install ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Dickhead Hacker Stole Photos of Naked Girls and Posted Them to Their Facebook [Hack] Joseph Bernard Campbell, a 24-year-old prick, managed to break into the e-mail accounts of 19 different girls and steal nude pictures of them. He would then post the nude pics as the girls' Facebook profi... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Hackers Hacked the Hackers' AnonPlus Social Network [Hackers] My brain hurts trying to keep all the different factions of hackers in line. After being booted off Google+, Anonymous started building their own site, AnonPlus—which has now been hacked by a group ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Stephen Colbert Is Really Concerned About Hacking [Video] The News of the World phone-hacking; the Citibank hacking; the hacking cough of cold and flu season fast approaching...oh yes, Colbert is worried about them all. [Gawker] More » ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details

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